This is a great lesson plan for Social Studies or English teachers using popular protest songs and wiki's. Students get to research protest songs, their Author and the motivation behind the lyrics whilst discovering the collaborative nature of wiki's! By examining Protest songs, student will discuss and explore the social issues that are facing the world today and throughout history. Students will also work together to build and maintain a wiki that contains a catalog of protest songs, which in turn will be a great resource for both teacher and students as well as a resource for other classes interested in similar projects.
AUP Article: Great lesson plan and article to get students in on the the AUP development process.
"A Collaboration of Sites and Sounds: Using Wikis to Catalog Protest Songs"
This is a great lesson plan for Social Studies or English teachers using popular protest songs and wiki's. Students get to research protest songs, their Author and the motivation behind the lyrics whilst discovering the collaborative nature of wiki's! By examining Protest songs, student will discuss and explore the social issues that are facing the world today and throughout history. Students will also work together to build and maintain a wiki that contains a catalog of protest songs, which in turn will be a great resource for both teacher and students as well as a resource for other classes interested in similar projects.
AUP Article: Great lesson plan and article to get students in on the the AUP development process.